Directions
(1-5): In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence has been
italicized. Below are given alternatives to the part italicized which may
improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. Wherever no improvement is needed choose ‘No
correction required’ or ‘No Improvement’ as the answer.
Q1.
Although he is able to make political enemies with this decision, the
prime minister does not mind doing it for the sake of public welfare.
(a) liable from
(b) of a mind to
(c) acknowledging his liability to
(d) liable to
(e) No correction required
Q2. Had I realized how close
I was to failing, I would not have gone to the party.
(a) If I would have realised
(b) Were I realized how close
(c) When I realized how close
(d) If I realized how close
(e) No correction required
Q3. Except for you and I, everyone brought
a present to the party.
(a) With the exception of you and I,
everyone brought
(b) Except for you and I, everyone had
brought
(c) Except for you and me, everyone
brought
(d) Exception of you and me, everyone
had brought
(e) No correction required
Q4.
A nuclear testing fills the air with radioactive dust and left the area uninhabitable.
(a) and leaves the (b) also leaves the
(c) also leaving the (d) and making to
(e) No correction required
Q5.
Alcohol in moderate quantity boosts concentration of good cholesterol and inhibiting blood clots.
(a) inhibits blood clots (b) inhibits blood clots
(c) inhibited blood clots (d) inhabiting blood clots
(e) No correction required
Directions (6-15): Which of the phrases
(a), (b), (c) and (d) given below each sentence should replace the phrase
printed in bold letters to make the
sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (e)
i.e., “No correction required” as the answer.
Q6. It
was until many years later that Che Guevara became a rebel against
authority.
(a)It was not until many years
(b) It was not many years
(c) Until It was many years
(d) It was till many years
(e)No correction required
Q7. The players involved in match fixing
should heavily punished as they do
it intentionally.
(a) shall have heavy fine
(b) should be heavy fined
(c) should have heavily fined
(d)should be heavily fined
(e)No correction required
Q8.The quality of food at the restaurant
was rather worst than I had expected.
(a) worst than was expected
(b)worse than I had expected
(c) bad as I had expected
(d) worse than expectation
(e)No correction required
Q9.Acquisition of certain athletic
skills can be facilitated from
regular practice and hard work.
(a)can be facilitated by
(b) may be felicitated with
(c)can be felicitated with
(d) may facilitate through
(e)No correction required
Q10. Their earnings are such that they
find it difficult to make both ends to
meet.
(a) to make both ends meet
(b) to makings both ends meet
(c) for making both ends to meet
(d) to make both ends for meeting
(e)No correction required
Q11. The step of demonetization is a
major breakthrough and attempts to
acquaint us with the problems of corruption and terror funding.
(a) attempting to acquaint
(b)attempts at acquainting
(c) attempted to acquaint
(d) attempt to acquaint
(e)No correction required
Q12.
The accused now flatly denies have admitted his guilt in his first
statement.
(a) had admitted
(b) has admitting
(c) have been admitting
(d) having admitted
(e)No correction required
Q13.
Despite of their differences on various issues, they all agree on continuing this
project.
(a) Despite for their
(b) Despite off their
(c) Despite their
(d) Despite of the
(e)No correction required
Q14. No sooner he had
arrived home than he was asked to start another journey.
(a) has he arrived
(b) he has arrived
(c) had he arrived
(d)he had arrived
(e)No improvement
Q15. A budget should have
to mould by the needs of a nation.
(a) should be moulded
(b) should have mould
(c) should mould
(d) should be moulding
(e) No correction
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SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘Liable to’ means ‘subject to’ an obligation
or exposed to a possibility or risk (‘likely to’). Don’t mark (a) in a hurry
just because you recognized ‘liable’ to be the correct term; the preposition
following it should also be correct.
S2. Ans.(e)
Sol. No correction required
S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. No correction required
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Co-ordinate
connector ‘and’ takes same verb forms. So, there should be ‘fills’ and ‘leaves’
respectively.
S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. Co-ordinate
connector ‘and’ takes same verb forms. So, there would be ‘boosts’ and
‘inhibits’ respectively.
S6. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘It was not until many
years’ is the correct use.
S7. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘should be heavily
fined’ is the correct use.
S8. Ans. (b)
Sol.
‘worse than I had expected’ is the correct use.
S9. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘can be facilitated
by’ is the correct use.
S10. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘to make both ends
meet’ is the correct use.
S11. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘attempts at
acquainting’ is the correct use.
S12. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘having admitted’ is
the correct use.
S13. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘Despite their’ is the correct use.
S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. Auxiliary verb is used before subject in the sentences
starting from No sooner, hardly, scarcely, rarely, seldom.
S15. Ans.(a)
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